[tex-live] lambda, omega, latex.ini

[Thomas Esser]

Hansem Hagenem wrote:
> i know; only non tex stuff stays there and i only wanted to point out that

Sure, you are right regarding the file contents. But, Staszek's question
was about what to do *now*. And, given today's applications which access
pattern files along the regular texinputs path, there is no other way
to go.

> also mean that in pinciple the pdftex map files can go since we can build
> files like:

I am sure that you can easily write a parser for pdftex (at macro level)
that could even read the original map files (if the would exist in the
texinputs search path) :-)

Still, that's not the question. At least: not now...

> (in a way it's a pitty that tfm files don't go into the texinputs path as
> well ...

Being a TeX macro programmer, you want everything in the texinputs 
path, sure. :-)

Thomas